Books
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I still remember reading The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde back in Year 11 literature. At the time, it felt like a complete revelation. Books had always been a big part of my life, but here was a story that treated literature itself as the characters playground. Thursday Next, literary detective, lives in a world
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Beth Bolden is one of those authors I automatically read. She writes MM sports romance that ticks all the boxes for me, and Breakaway Goals, book four in the Food Truck Warriors spin-off series, just reminded me why she is a favourite. I do not think I have ever blogged about her other series, which
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I was in Canty’s Bookshop on the weekend doing what I do best there. Lurking by the YA shelves, earwigging on good book chat and pretending I am not wanting to buy the same series for the third time, but with different covers. A girl near me was in full flight about her sexual awakening
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There is something about Russian stories. They speak to my soul. I do not know why or how Russia has snuck into my psyche. I have never been. I was planning to though. I even wrote about Six Days in Leningrad and made a mega list for Moscow and St Petersburg. Then life rolled on.
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A woman I work with recommended this to me, shamefully, weeks ago. Between uni and work I just hadn’t had time to pick it up. But this last weekend I had a six hour drive to Sydney ahead of me and, with my hubby driving, I finally had it booked. Get it? Booked? Metal Slinger
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I haven’t been reading much lately. Which feels weird to say because I still read all the time, just not the fun kind. Slightly terrifyingly, I decided to go to uni. Yep. Nearly 40 and back in the books, only this time it’s textbooks and lecture slides and APA referencing rules that haunt me. Between
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Sometimes a book just falls into your lap at the right time. Hardcore Carnivore by Jess Pryles did exactly that for me. I may have told my hubby I bought him a present, but since I get bbq out of it, I’m not sure who the present was actually for. Anyway, Jess is an Aussie,
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I had big expectations going into this one. Loving the Legend was one of those rare debut novels that just hit. It stuck with me. I still think about Sid (who I’ll cheers for forever) and Ty, who brought so much heart and softness to their story. So naturally, I was keen to dive back
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I’ve just realised something about my reading habits. I read a lot of series. Like, a lot. Sometimes they’re standalones within a shared world, but most of the time, they build. Which means I’m usually halfway through book three or four by the time I think, “Hey, I should blog about this.” But by then,
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Okay so… how hadn’t I read this before? I’m actually a bit embarrassed to admit this, but somehow The Assassin’s Blade completely slipped through the cracks. I dove headfirst into Throne of Glass years ago and just kept going, assuming I’d caught all the important bits. Turns out I’d missed quite a lot. Reading this
Books, Boots and Bakeries 